n. A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
n. The clothes that such a person would wear.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
n. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout.
n. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To be rude to; insult; snub; rebuke.
To fabricate or patch up (a tale).
To be rude.
To go about gossiping.
To complain without cause.
n. A taunt; a jeer; a flout; a snub.
n. A lie.
n. A dowdy woman or girl, particularly when also cross or ill-tempered; a hag.
n. A gossip.
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n. a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
Word Usage
"But the "frump" will let herself and all her surroundings go to seed, not from humbleness of mind or an overwhelming sense of her own unworthiness, but in pure complacent conceit."